Cheesy..

“But if I was a writer and I was describing this scene last night, I would mostly talk about the smell of stinking socks. A lot of people had already been in the......

“The photographer and a donkey”.

So says a couple of the captions. Nothing wrong with that. Nothing. Please leave your scarf at home before viewing. There is a new weight category for this lovely sort of work; Whimsyweight....

The Daily.

Interesting reading over on the Guardian about the launch of Murdoch's new venture, The Daily, an 'iPad newspaper'. Spent a few, Bob. The first thing I thought when I saw the first cover has been......

Don’t give up?.

"Don't give up" The above is advice often given to aspiring photographers. Especially in that colour. In fact, it has been given on this blog as part of a comment today. It's......

@voicetotweet #egypt WOW..

“I  need  ! to be ! a free man ! and better Life ! for my kids ! Please help us . . . all the world.” Amazing amazing amazing amazing. Thankyou Google for allowing a......

Photojournalism and ‘What is the point of ‘exclusivity’ these days?’.

Like many, I have been glued to my computer watching the epic events in Egypt unfold. Images coming in from all over, different views every day, a plethora of images. Visually I have a great......

“The revolution will be live”.

But it won't be televised. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p43YYovonS0...

Photographer friendly art galleries?.

Does anybody know which art galleries in London are photographer friendly? There is a no photography policy at the National Gallery, even for tourists. I was surprised about that. I would really appreciate any......

So bad, it’s almost painful. NCTJ 1988..

Someone (That's YOU Colin Mearns) has put this pic up on Arsetome. It is Christmas card from 1988 showing all the students on the NCTJ press photography course in Sheffield. I am nowhere at......

John Barry, you will be missed..

Really wonderful tribute by Paul Kerley over on the beeb to the late great John Barry. Great music, unforgettable moments....e.g: ...

Not famous for fifteen minutes..

Security chiefs propose 15-minute delay on rolling news coverage So it says on the Press Gazette blog. Is that a little bird I hear?...

Danfung Dennis wins all the prizes at Sundance..

Well, nearly. He won two at least. Hats off to Danfung and huge congratulations for winning the following prizes in the Sundance festival awards. Very impressive. Nearly as impressive as his work. Winner of the......

#SS Saucy Sunday.

Right, this is getting daft. We'll have one for every day of the week soon...personally I am looking forward to Maudlin Monday. Anyway...this should really be under #FF Funky Friday, but it's Sunday, so sod......

Tidy..

"This is the best blog I’ve ever seen in my life! I really appreciate you taking the time out of your day to share this with everyone." Always nice to get a bit of encouragement.......

Horror in Egypt..

I have just watched this terrible footage of a man being shot in Egypt. It's a fucking outrage. I watched it via Google news, who would seem responsible for the advert at the bottom. No......

Questions about the Magnum Cultural Foundation.

I'm posting up some questions again that were posted a while back by iamnotasuperstarphotographer (note I said that quietly) about the Magnum Cultural Foundation. They originally appeared in response to this post of......

Gilbertson, Ludwig, Kickstarter..

I got an email this morning from Gerd Ludwig asking me to promote his kickstarter project around the legacy of Chernobyl. And I will, because Gerd has listened to his critics, which included me: (...

Darcy Padilla’s Julie Project.

"Photography is a small voice, at best," Smith once said, "but sometimes one photograph can lure our sense of awareness". Good write up on Darcy Padilla's amazing Julie Project by Sean O'Hagan. There is one......

“Reverse Pirating”.

What Is it? a) draebkcalb b) Jack Sparrow doing a three point turn c) The term photographer, journalist and film maker Nic Dunlop has coined to describe his audacious distrubution methods so that he can get his important......

Silver’s going up…..

You have got until the 1st Feb to buy any Harman ( read Ilford) film and paper products...after that all paper and films go up by 20% not least due to the increasing price......